Teacher wears same dress daily to teach students about sustainability

Thursday, September 13, 2018
MOORESTOWN, N.J. (WPVI) -- A middle school art teacher in New Jersey not only teaches her students about colors and creativity, she is also giving them a lesson on sustainability.

Julia Mooney teaches at the William W. Allen Middle School in Moorestown.
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For 100 school days, Mooney plans to wear the same dress.

Mooney says the social expectation to wear a different outfit every day can result in both environmental and economic waste.

"The fashion industry is a huge polluter," she said. "It's very wasteful and for what? So we can look good every day?"

Mooney is currently about 7 days into the challenge.
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For those of you wondering, Mooney says "yes" she does wash the dress and she also has a second one. She wears an apron during her art classes to avoid stains.



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